Also, they "started experimenting with different rhythm structures" and "decided to expand our use of strings" with the song "Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)" as a result.

The album contains "dissonant guitar riffs, unusual stop-start rhythms and complicated arrangements", with Kurt Bachman's vocals being "the only conventional sounding characteristic of Sanity Obscure.

"Stop the Madness" talks about a drug user who has been brainwashed by a decaying world, and is always searching to belong but is unable to tell where their shattered dreams are.

"Nonpoint" takes a stance on the dark side of the industrialized society where general ignorance has caused pollution that corrupts nature, and in the end, man's soul.

[4] The orchestral section was conducted by Scott Laird, "who was Kurt's orchestra teacher in High School and also recorded the strings for the intro to the title track on 'Extraction From Mortality'".

This caused some controversy when both Kurt Bachman and Joey Daub said that they would have not give permission to include extra material if they were asked.

[6] Polish label Metal Mind Productions reissued Sanity Obscure as a remastered digipak version with liner notes by the band on November 5, 2007, along with the albums Extraction from Mortality and Dimensions.

[2] According to Jeff Wagner, the song Dies Irae "foreshadowed the operatic approach of future metal bands such as Therion and Nightwish.

"[3] A retrospective review by Decibel called the song "one of the earliest recorded examples of symphonic metal, using orchestral parts and operatic female vocals that presaged both Nightwish and S&M.